If you plan to run a very small store, sometimes called a "mom and pop" shop, you can probably hand-enter pricing information when ringing up a customer's order. For a larger scale operation, however, ...

Sept. 27, 2002 — There are some people who believe that they won’t see RFID labels being used to track individual items in stores in their lifetime. In fact, the first testing of such a system could ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

Bar code scanning has become the de facto system used in retail, as well as many other industries, due to its accuracy, speed and cost-effectiveness. Moreover, it is an approach that provides ...

Want to know if that CD you're about to buy is cheaper online? Point your iPhone at the bar code and in seconds this app will look up competing prices. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...

Since the 1970s, bar codes have provided a reliable, inexpensive form of machine-readable identification. Although bar coding has numerous benefits, its primary function is to error-proof the ...

Engineers at UCLA have invented the world’s fastest bar code reader, and predict it will have uses far beyond the supermarket checkout line. The new device, announced in the latest edition of the ...

The device does high-speed scanning, and the lens adjusts from 800 to 1,200 scans/sec. Code-reconstruction software rebuilds fragments of information from skewed, damaged, and dirty codes. The unit ...

Several European airlines are piloting the same hybrid RFID- and bar-code-based baggage-handling label technology that Delta Air Lines has deployed across its check-in counters worldwide. The handheld ...